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- Riot police invade Zimbabwe Mothers’ Union service
- Quarter of children depressed
- Cover the furniture and map the droppings, says bat guide
- Couples ‘pushed to breaking point’ by debt, says charity
- Former SPCK shops to be auctioned
- Hiltz asks Venables to stay away. He doesn’t
- Dr Williams: Faith is an ally of pluralism
- Lords back gay-hatred amendment
- Stick with the creeds, Pope tells American Christians
- Sad flight
- ‘Sad day’ for city as St George’s Day parade is cancelled
- Judge rules thief must sell stamps
- In memory
- Church laptops stolen during sermon on theft
- Methodist Publishing faces axe
- £4 million to be spent on young
- Bird’s eye
- Greed overtakes opium in polls
- MU members team up with TAP Fund runner
- Anchored
- Bishop warns: scientists will want more time on embryos
- Swirling theme
- Glittering
- Red Cross urges: check first aid under new law
- Danger of theme park in Mid-East
- News in Brief
- Heroine, aged ten, in Ugandan blaze
- Priest told he has no flock left
- Engaging
- Foreign News In Brief
- Question of the week
- Comment
- Letters
- Real Life
- Features
- Faith
- Humour and crossword
- Pastimes
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 Riot police invade Zimbabwe Mothers’ Union serviceTHE VOICES from South Africa became bolder, and the cries from Zimbabwe more desperate, as the country intensified its pleas this week for international... |
 Quarter of children depressedMORE than one in four children in the UK often feel depressed, and about ten per cent of those aged between 11 and 15 suffer from mental-health problems... |
 Cover the furniture and map the droppings, says bat guideA NEW GUIDE on bat management, which could affect at least 6000 English churches, has been published this month by the Government’s countryside agency... |
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 Couples ‘pushed to breaking point’ by debt, says charityEVIDENCE of the destructive effect of debt on couples was released by Christians Against Poverty (CAP), a national charity, on Wednesday. |
 Former SPCK shops to be auctionedTHE US Orthodox charity St Stephen the Great (SSG) has put four of its former SPCK bookshops up for sale. |
 Hiltz asks Venables to stay away. He doesn’tTHE Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada has protested strongly against a visit to Canada by the Presiding Bishop of the Southern Cone this week. |
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Dr Williams: Faith is an ally of pluralismTRADITIONAL religious commitment has a crucial part to play in a genuinely plural society, the Archbishop of Canterbury told an audience at Westminster... |
Lords back gay-hatred amendmentTHE House of Lords has backed an amendment to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill which would allow people to continue to express critical views... |
Stick with the creeds, Pope tells American ChristiansPOPE BENEDICT XVI, visiting the United States for the first time, has spoken out against individualism |
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Sad flightHopes were fading on Wednesday for the Revd Adelir di Carli, a Brazilian Roman Catholic priest who disappeared about eight hours after taking off with... |
‘Sad day’ for city as St George’s Day parade is cancelledTHE CANCELLATION of a St George’s Day procession of 2000 children in Bradford angered community leaders and left schools disappointed this week. |
Judge rules thief must sell stampsTHE DIOCESE of Norwich has welcomed a judge’s innovative ruling. |
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In memoryStuart Lawrence — the brother of Stephen, who was murdered in London 15 years ago — during a memorial service at St Martin-in-the-Fields on Tuesday. |
Church laptops stolen during sermon on theftTHIEVES stole two laptop computers from a church in York last week — while the rector preached on the theme of theft. |
Methodist Publishing faces axeTHE METHODIST bookshop in Methodist Church House, Marylebone Road, London, closed its doors last Friday for the last time. |
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£4 million to be spent on youngTHIS YEAR’s annual Methodist Conference will debate a wide range of issues. |
Bird’s eyeJon Howard, a verger at Bradford Cathedral, is keeping a photographic log of the city centre’s new Foster development. |
Greed overtakes opium in pollsTHE RESULTS of a poll by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) have identified greed, individualism, and the decline of community as today’s social evils... |
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MU members team up with TAP Fund runnerTODAY is St Mark’s Day, so why not give today to the Church Times Train-A-Priest (TAP) Fund? |
Anchored[COL][IMAGE][COL] Anchored: the An Yue Jiang, carrying Chinese weapons for Zimbabwe, outside Durban harbour last week ap |
Bishop warns: scientists will want more time on embryosTHE BISHOP of Swindon, Dr Lee Rayfield, believes it is inevitable that scientists will call for an extension to the proposed 14-day limit on embryo research... |
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Swirling themePsalm 104, one of Michael Jessing’s works illustrating the complete Book of Psalms, on exhibition at York Minster library |
GlitteringSpandex banners are on show in the north transept of Chichester Cathedral until 30 April. |
Red Cross urges: check first aid under new lawChurch organisations and secular charities have become subject to new legislation that makes it a crime for organisations to manage their affairs in such... |
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Danger of theme park in Mid-EastTHE Archbishop of Canterbury spoke of the persecution and decline of the Christian community in the Middle East last week. |
News in BriefFresh start; Sustanable footing; Support our troops, says Peterborough diocese; Millions earmarked for palace at Wells; Bishop warns against ‘gutter politics’... |
Heroine, aged ten, in Ugandan blazeTHOUSANDS of people attended a memorial service in Kampala, Uganda, last Friday. |
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Priest told he has no flock leftCANON David Cannon, newly appointed Priest-in-Charge of Bishop Seabury Episcopal Church in Groton, Connecticut, was denied entry to the church last week... |
Engagingthe Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu take part in a dialogue on youth and spiritual connection |
Foreign News In BriefWinner; No priority EU entry for Iraqi Christians; United Methodists to discuss disinvestment; Accept that it’s a multifaith world, says Rome; Florida... |
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